Australia Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #43

[CaptainPeacock]

Robert Donohoe (Taree) is not the same person as Richard Donoghue, who lived at 18 Benaroon Drive in 2014.
However, both names (despite the different spellings) are pronounced 'Don-o-hue'.

 

[CaptainPeacock]

His involvement in the SES search is clearly the reason why the Coroner requested old search photos to be rounded up and re-examined in the lead up to the August leg of the inquest.

 

[Morrisa]

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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The court is open again and heard that authorities have tried to track down any work records of Donohoe’s location on the 12th September 2014
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Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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30m

The Counsel Assisting has tendered emails from Donohoe as evidence.
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[CaptainPeacock]

Thanks for the court updates today everyone.

Can someone please clarify: the man mentioned today at the inquest- does his brother or had his brother lived on Benaroon Drive? Or was this at a different location?
Thanks in advance

Different people - Robert Donohoe (Taree); Richard and Jenny Donoghue (Benaroon Drive).

 

[Morrisa]

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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29m

Bill Spedding’s lawyer is now making an application for several police officers to be called as witnesses, including former detective Gary Jubelin.
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Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris

“Each of these police officers did have significant involvement in the investigation... at the highest levels,” he told the court.
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[SouthAussie]

Anyone posting the latest tweets?

There are more tweets coming through from Lia...I have to step out though

Here are a few ... calling Jubes has been refused. (Newest tweet at the top, read them from bottom to top)

1. Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 3m3 minutes ago
   She tells the court “we are such a long way” from making recommendations resulting from this investigation. She has refused the application to call Jubelin and the other officers as witnesses. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
   
2. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 4m4 minutes ago
   She tells the court calling those witnesses would “cause these proceedings to lose focus at this point”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
3. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 5m5 minutes ago
   “If there is a need to examine the adequacy of the police investigation, it is not now,” she tells the court. “Should we get to that point... it may be at that time I would consider any application made” to call those witnesses. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
4. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 6m6 minutes ago
   She tells the court “there are times... a coronial inquest will look at the adequacy of a police investigation”. “However... my focus must remain on finding out what has happened to William.” @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
5. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 8m8 minutes ago
   The Coroner tells the court “I accept... that Mr Spedding has suffered consequences as having been named as a suspect”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
6. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 11m11 minutes ago
   The Coroner tells the court “a number of those officers have given statements which are part of the brief”, referring to some of the officers O’Brien seeks to call as witnesses. That does not include one from Jubelin. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
7. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 13m13 minutes ago
   O’Brien responds by saying “the investigation to this point needs to be looked at... there are so many question marks in this matter”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
8. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 14m14 minutes ago
   “They may be frustrated by my response but my response is that it is premature and there is much more important work to be doing at this stage,” he tells the court. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
9. 
   Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 15m15 minutes ago
   He tells the court it may be necessary “in due course” to look at the “investigation and the decisions that were made... but that is really for the future”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
   
   
   
10. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 16m16 minutes ago
    Counsel Assisting Gerard Craddock SC tells the court “the investigation is not complete and the focus of the inquest at this stage is on seeking to gather evidence which may produce an answer to the question of what has become of William”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
11. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 19m19 minutes ago
    She argues is an issue of public interest and of interest to her client, the birth father. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
12. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 19m19 minutes ago
    She tells the court she wants a former officer in charge to testify about “the decisions made along the way”, including why there wasn’t a “detailed forensic search done earlier”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
13. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 21m21 minutes ago
    The lawyer representing the birth father tells the court she supports calling Jubelin has a witness and also recommends calling retired Homicide Detective Hans Rupp to “speak to the overall narrative of the investigation”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
14. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 22m22 minutes ago
    He tells the court Spedding has never been convicted of any child sex offence. He said it has been a “Frustrating and damaging investigation for Mr Spedding” and the community is “entitled to know whether it could’ve even done better”. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
15. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 24m24 minutes ago
    Peter O’Brien, for Spedding, tells the court the public and William’s loved ones are “entitled to know” about the “efficacy and deficiencies” of the investigation. “Why were some persons of interest identified and some not? What was the impact on the investigation?” @10NewsFirst
    
    
16. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 29m29 minutes ago
    He told the court he has not been provided with any statements from the officers, including Jubelin. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
17. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 30m30 minutes ago
    “Each of these police officers did have significant involvement in the investigation... at the highest levels,” he told the court. @10NewsFirst @10Daily
    
    
18. 
    Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 31m31 minutes ago
    Bill Spedding’s lawyer is now making an application for several police officers to be called as witnesses, including former detective Gary Jubelin. @10NewsFirst @10Daily

 

[CaptainPeacock]

Is it pronounced Donohue?

Yes - it is pronounced 'Donohue' - but spelt 'Donohoe'. It's a common Irish pronunciation, despite the spelling.

 

[SouthAussie]

Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 8m8 minutes ago
The inquest will resume on Monday morning in Taree. @10NewsFirst @10Daily

 

[CaptainPeacock]

I don't think this Rob is the man, though. Wrong age. It seems he joined NSWFB in 1975, but sex offender Robert's older brother Tim is 45.

Deug, that fire fighter is not the same man as we're talking about here.

 

[CaptainPeacock]

Yes, in the article it says (if the reporter got it right!) that Tim is the youngest.. so wouldn't be Robert's immediate family. I guess the Donohoe clan like the same names!

Robert is 42; his brother Tim is 45.

 

[sleepinoz]

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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Troy Brown told the court that while his name was on Donohoe’s timesheet, it was not his signature and it was “above his pay grade” to sign off on any time sheets at the time.
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Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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2m
Donohoe was working for a contractor installing the NBN near Taree at the time.
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Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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7m
The suppression on this morning’s evidence has been lifted, so we can reveal a witness claimed in court that Donohoe’s work timesheet for the week William disappeared appeared to have been signed by him, but it was not his writing.
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[SouthAussie]

Well, I think this question has already been answered .... I put up some words from a podcast earlier in the thread that said it was to see how those POIs reacted to being named.


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Lia Harris‏Verified account @LiaJHarris 24m24 minutes ago
Peter O’Brien, for Spedding, tells the court the public and William’s loved ones are “entitled to know” about the “efficacy and deficiencies” of the investigation. “Why were some persons of interest identified and some not? What was the impact on the investigation?” @10NewsFirst

 

[Morrisa]

William Tyrrell: Sex offender gives evidence at missing boy’s inquest
Photo of Donohoe in article

 

[CaptainPeacock]

Those cars in the pic are at the house opposite Ellendale drive, which I believe is 27 and not Sharpleys house at all.

I am not saying that that picture is a picture of the Sharpley's cars, nor that the pic is of their house - just explaining that the Sharpleys have cars that roughly match the description.

 

[Wexford]

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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2m
Troy Brown told the court that while his name was on Donohoe’s timesheet, it was not his signature and it was “above his pay grade” to sign off on any time sheets at the time.
@10NewsFirst
@10Daily

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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2m
Donohoe was working for a contractor installing the NBN near Taree at the time.
@10NewsFirst
@10Daily

Lia Harris
@LiaJHarris
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7m
The suppression on this morning’s evidence has been lifted, so we can reveal a witness claimed in court that Donohoe’s work timesheet for the week William disappeared appeared to have been signed by him, but it was not his writing.
@10NewsFirst
@10Daily

So Donohoe had two jobs and was supposedly at both of them that week but neither place of employment is sure of that?

 

[sleepinoz]

New Photo's and Docs released. More at link

NoCookies | The Australian

 

[interested64]

So Donohoe had two jobs and was supposedly at both of them that week but neither place of employment is sure of that?

This Donohoe seems to be going to some effort to cover himself,and if he was working 2 jobs why hang around to help search...mmmmmmmmm big mmmmmmmm and then was arrested on the following monday or tuesday,where did they arrest him in the carpark ?

 

[Thebottomline]

New Photo's and Docs released. More at link

NoCookies | The Australian

Behind a paywall , anything interesting ?

 

[sleepinoz]

Behind a paywall , anything interesting ?

Wasn't when I opened it

A few search maps etc, not much more

 

[Wexford]

In the podcast today (Lia Harris podcast) they refer again to the two cars but the white car is referred to as a 'sedan' yet in previous accounts and in the diagram it is most definitely a white station wagon. Once again I am perplexed by these two cars and why we were not told about them until a year later. Not to mention the green/teal car and the large red haired man.